How can we get support people who self-harm and don't want to quit?

We can tell them the ways in which they may be able to minimise the damage.Or find less dangerous methods of self harm.We can also tell them when they might need to seek additional support and how to stay safe.This link is very good http://selfharm.co.uk/get/staying_safe/harm_minimisation

Self- harm is very personal and if someone that does it has the courage to speak up about it and reach out to you, it mostly means they trust you a lot and hope to get support from you without being judge. Offering support is not always easy specially when you are concern that they are doing something unhealthy but the thing is that it has to be there choice when and how to stop. You can support them by listening to them and what they say, by validating them and there emotions, by offering compassion and letting them know its okay that they are just as valuable with those scars on their body than without them. Let them work at there own pase and be willing to back them up when they are ready to try alternatives but don't add extre pressure. Just be empathy and yourself, if you care about them it will show and thats more powerful than one thinks :)

Try and give them someone to talk to, i.e. you. Tell them you're worried and that you care. Support is what is most important.

I currently self hard and have been struggling with this since I was just a child , it started it biting , then pulling my hair out , then punch myself to make bruises , and to now . . . cutting . I haven't been cutting for long , about 3 years , I tell myself I'm better than that , but really , there's no other way to handle my anger . Honestly , I don't want to quit . I've gotten support by the help of friends talking to me about their problems that way I know I'm not alone or that I'm lucky compared to what others go through . I have to look at things through a half full glass instead of half empty . And learn to love myself , because I was made this way for a reason , I'm beautiful with and without scars . My scars just tell a story .

You just support them. You honestly don't know what they are going through. You just have to support.

we can support them by just being there when times are hard for them and trying to find out what the core problem is which can take time but hopefully if you get to the core problem and discuss it the self harm could reduce until they just stop.

I used to self-harm, and I still have trouble staying away from it, even though I haven't self-harmed in 6 months and 23 days,but imagining my best friend suffering from it hurts me even more than resisting the urge. One of the hardest parts, in my opinion, of staying clean is missing the sight of my blood or even seeing my scars fade away. My biggest advice to you? Never ever cut yourself, and do what you need, within reason, to stay away from harmful objects and to stay clean. If you need someone then feel free to talk to me. Don't you dare forget the sun.

Very complicated topic. If they are talking to you about it then it means they want to be heard. Ultimately people want to be happy and all who self harm know that won't help them. For a better explanation, think of self harm as an addiction, because it is, and compare it to alcoholism, some alcoholics may not want to quit, but they know if they don't then they will suffer severe damage to their bodies. How do we help? We help them realize the root of the problem, and from there we also help them get back on the road to happiness.

Well if someone doesn't want to quit you can't make them. All you can do is be there for them. I'm a cutter and for a long time I didn't want the help. Until the person wants the help they won't get the help. You just have to be there for them and show them that you care for them.

we can support them by analysing their reasoning behind the act of self harm and find alternate ways for them to work out the solution for the reason